But it doesn't have to be like that. As far as anyone can figure, an echo is just a character that shares another character's "skeleton." Our old notion of what made an echo was pretty much destroyed when Ken was designated an echo and Isabelle wasn't. If basing some of Dixie's moves on Diddy's can get her into the game sooner, then let's do that.
Also, making her up-B the ponytail twirl would be a huge waste, since all characters already have double jumps and you could just hold jump to glide down slowly, but that's neither here nor there.
No way. Funky would be an even worse echo than Dixie. How do you account for his surfboard, which is key to his play style in Tropical Freeze? Do we just leave out stuff like his guns and vehicles? Besides, Funky walks upright while DK walks on all fours.
I mean, ideally, neither of these Kongs would be an echo. They'd both be totally original characters. And I'm not even sure I want Funky to be playable in the first place. But if one of them has to be an echo, that should be Dixie.
The thing with
is that he's the "original echo fighter" so they didn't miss the opportunity to name him as one I guess. Honestly besides of some command inputs, many moves are basically the same as
(Same effects, knockback, yadda yadda), no matter how different the animations are.
is on the other side having the same aerials and tilts as
, but completely different Smashes and specials. So I see why she's not an echo, her gameplan and moves are way too
fied.
I see
sharing some moves with
, and I say sharing, because some of them would change properties (Like the Peanut Gun -> Gumball Gun). Also many many of her attributes in DKC2 / DKC3 are so different, she's slower, jumps lower, her roll is different and covers less distance (Probably the worst overall roll in the series until TF buffed it to be like the others) but can hover in the air and grabs objects with the ponytail. Only there I can already see the potential to use that ponytail for multiple long ranged moves and even use
's cargo grab or some kind of special move that involves grabbing with the ponytail.
About
, how can he be more unique than
when she has been playable in many more games, he never uses those vehicules and weapons you are talking about, they are always used by the Kong family (And the vehicules don't really have a place in Smash).
In TF (His only playable appearence), he's basically
on steroids, yeah he stands upright for his idle pose (Not like you can't change that right'?
), but he has the same weight and speed of
, the animation of running is like
, can do the infinite roll (He rolls like
BTW), swims like
(But has those nice googles), crouches like
, can also do the ground slam with his hands, the only difference is the surfboard making him immune to spikes (Completely irrelevant to a Smash moveset) and the double jump and slow descent. That last move should be the Up B changed from Spinning Kong (And remove some super armor to compensate the much better recovery) and we have enough to make him faithful to TF and get him in Smash. Because let's be honest, there will never be another way to get
in Smash outside of being an echo, unlike
who is practically a requirement for the next DK rep.
Me everytime I see a 0 rating given for Dixie's want.
This is a mistake that needs an immediate fix. I'll be right back.....
Edit: Did my part.
